Marktredwitz station

Marktredwitz
Through station
Entrance building and station forecourt
General information
Location	Marktredwitz, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	50°0′16″N 12°4′57″E / 50.00444°N 12.08250°E / 50.00444; 12.08250
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Regensburg–Hof (KBS 855) Nuremberg–Cheb (KBS 512, 544, 860)
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	3979
DS100 code	NMR[1]
IBNR	8000247
Category	3[2]
Website	stationsdatenbank.de www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 May 1878
Passengers
< 5,000 [3] (2006)
Services
Preceding station Following station Wiesau (Oberpfalz) towards München Hbf RE 23 Hof Hbf Terminus Preceding station Oberpfalzbahn Following station Pechbrunn towards Regensburg Hbf RB 23 Terminus Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station Wiesau (Oberpfalz) towards Hof Hbf RE 2 Hof Hbf towards München Hbf Kirchenlaibach towards Nürnberg Hbf RE 31 Hof Hbf Terminus RE 33 Schirnding towards Cheb Preceding station Following station Arzberg (Oberfranken) towards Hof Hbf RB 95 Terminus Waldershof towards Bayreuth Hbf RB 97 Wunsiedel-Holenbrunn towards Bad Steben
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Marktredwitz station is the station of the major district town of Marktredwitz in the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Franconia. Two main lines, the Nuremberg–Cheb railway and the Weiden–Oberkotzau railway, cross at the station. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station^[2] and has five platform tracks.

Marktredwitz station—still called Markt Redwitz at the opening of the station—is an important railway hub in Northern Bavaria. It is located in the northwest of the town and is about a five-minute walk from the town centre.

In the station forecourt (German: Bahnhofplatz) is the central bus station, where buses connect Marktredwitz with the surrounding area. The bus station is also the stopping point of the Bavaria–Berlin Express (BEX). At the station there is a hotel, a major site of Deutsche Post, a medical centre and the headquarters of the Scherdel Group, a leading manufacturer of machinery parts.